The Ring of Fire in Ontario is finally being seen for its huge value to Canada and to our friends and neighbours who, like us, are democracies which aim to be economically stable and militarily sufficient. Interesting that we now share a border with the European Union with Hans Island which is jointly managed by Denmark and Canada. A very small border one might say but it gives one the feel that there is this huge circle of countries that are part of NATO which is a defensive organization created during the Cold War. It has never been an offensive organization and there are no plans that it ever will be but defend we will do.
But back to the Ring of Fire and its potential for rare minerals finally being recognized in one of the major projects put forward by the Prime Minister as a project much desired and moving ahead. We do need the road though and I will keep saying it until it has four lanes from the Quebec border to the Manitoba border. It is important because the traffic level on it is constantly increasing these days as especially truckers are making the huge journey through Northern Ontario to the west and back again. We need it just like we needed the railway way back in the 1800s. We built that against enormous odds and we can build a road. Toronto doesn't need a whole lot of money spent on roads right now other than maintenance but the North of Ontario needs that road. We can do better than ten years to take it from Arnprior to Renfrew (and it doesn't quite reach Renfrew!). Lets put our backs to the shovel and get that road completed along with the needed railway lines to open up the Ring of Fire.
Thank you to Conrad Black for selecting this subject for his editorial. The Conservative Party is in power for a few more years here in Ontario and it is their time to shine; you do not have to buy votes all the time with expenditures. We know that we need to move along; become tariff proof here in Canada and we can do it. So "Elbows Up" and get the work done. No work gets done with arms hanging down at our sides.
Yesterday I managed to finally come to 2/3rds of the way through the matches. I have removed a few because I am unable to really place them into one or the other grandparent line. There are so many it truly doesn't matter but they are still in the "too small" file and painted on DNA Painter so not lost to sight just not cluttering up the file. Two hundred and eighty two matches was always too many in that file and what is in there now is neatly organized and ready to put AI to work to do some items that I want to look at. The time is approaching for re-phasing the grandparents and working on phasing the great grandparents. Probably not earth shattering in general but in my world it is of interest to me along with some other items but it has dominated as it required a few months of intensive work on my part to get the files in shape to use AI.
Sunday once again in God's world. It is Advent 1 and my Advent message was in my mailbox and I read it first thing. It is exceedingly beautiful and I read it over word for word beginning to end. Alongside Hope (formerly PWRDF) is my prayer group which I try to manage every month although sometimes it just does not happen but I can listen to it later. I missed the session on the Advent messages given by the author but it is now in my inbox and I will listen to that perhaps this afternoon actually. Church on YouTube today as always (providing no glitches) but I have the bulletin in my inbox and will read it if the service does not transmit.
The days are passing quickly at the moment as there is much to be done on my part. Seldom do I have a no-work time that isn't spent on exercise. The second most important part of my day is the exercise to keep myself active and capable. One must do that when one is over 80 absolutely for sure.
Another good idea is vaccination for measles. I never had red measles apparently as a child (hard to believe in a family of seven children but there you are) and I did check that with my mother when my youngest was being vaccinated as it was in my baby book which she carefully maintained for each and every child and I got vaccinated for measles at the same time as my daughter. I am glad that I did as measles returns to haunt us. The effect on the unborn child is enormous for a mother who is not vaccinated and has not had measles. The effect on infants is huge; get vaccinated. The world was rid of measles for the most part in many countries. Lets not forget that; the scourge of measles is dreadful.
Time to make tea and start the day.
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